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  • Children play a game called Takliliko where they fall into the arms of others while singing in the village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007. the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Ibrahim stands next to water tanks next to a garden Oxfam supported in the village of Intadeynen, March 14, 2007 in Mali. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Children eat lunch, often their only meal of the day after school in the village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007. Food is provided by Oxfam in an effort to encourage the children to attend school. the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers work in a garden that Oxfam supported in the village of Intedeyne March 14, 2007. In this arid landscape, it requires a lot of work to maintain any kind of agriculture but it is one of the projects along with education that Oxfam is supporting here. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day. In 2000, following the international commitments on education, the Government of Mali created a ten year education development program and as a result, donars provided two and a half times more aid to basic education. As a result, more than 6 out of 10 primary school age children are now enrolled in Mali. Yet the challenge to educate still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates.Eight of the world's ten countries farthest from the gender parity goal are in West Africa: Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Benin and Guinea. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Fatimata sits in a classroom in the village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007. the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Baksesa prepares lunch for children, often their only meal of the day after school in the village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007. Food is provided by Oxfam in an effort to encourage the children to attend school. the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Manema Walet Issafeytane, the animatrice for the village of Intedeyne, sings songs with children including Zida, to the left of her wearing a headscarf, March 17, 2007. Mali is one of the poorest countires in the world with 90 percent of the population living on less than $2 per day. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Muna, wearing white flowered dress, sits in a classroom in the village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007. the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • Muna, wearing white flowered dress, sits in a classroom in the village of Intedeyne March 15, 2007. the challenge to educate children in Mali still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day. By photographer Ami Vitale
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  • A mother gives her child some water during a break while she works in a garden that Oxfam supported in the village of Intedeyne March 14, 2007. In this arid landscape, it requires a lot of work to maintain any kind of agriculture but it is one of the projects along with education that Oxfam is supporting here. Mali has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty line in any country in the world. Ninety percent of Malians survive on less than two dollars a day. In 2000, following the international commitments on education, the Government of Mali created a ten year education development program and as a result, donars provided two and a half times more aid to basic education. As a result, more than 6 out of 10 primary school age children are now enrolled in Mali. Yet the challenge to educate still exists and particularly for girls. Female literacy rates never reach even 50 percent of male literacy rates.Eight of the world's ten countries farthest from the gender parity goal are in West Africa: Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Benin and Guinea. By photographer Ami Vitale
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